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John Johnson Collection: pre-1960 ephemera

Education [heading 2: Times New Roman, bold]

Index created by SJS & MK 01/95

Boxes 1-8

These boxes contain descriptions of various schools, listed alphabetically by town,

followed by the name of the school (in brackets), unless the town forms part of the name,

(e.g. Berkhampstead Free Grammar School) and some description of the material where

it seemed especially noteworthy. Most items are prospectuses, though some other

material such as souvenirs from speech days is included. Material featuring illustrations

is marked with an asterisk. Schools with more than one sheet of material are marked #.

British and Irish Schools

Box 1

Abingdon - Durnford, Dorset

Abingdon School - prize giving 1973, (guest of honour Mrs. Margaret Thatcher)

Aspley, Beds

Bampton

Barnet (St. Andrew's Institute)

Bath Ladies School

Bath (Rev. F. Kilvert)

Bedford (St. Peter's)

Bedford School - article from The Penny magazine *

Bedford School *

Bedfordshire Middle-Class College *

Bembridge, Isle of Wight

Benson, Oxon. (C of E school) - advertisement for "children's entertainment"

Berkhamstead Free Grammar School

Berkhamstead School - calendar from Michaelmas term 1964

Birches Green *

Birchington, Kent (Queen Bertha's School)

Birkenhead College for Girls

Birmingham (King Edward's School) - speech day 3rd Oct 1947 & 5th Oct 1949 #

Bishop Stortford, Herts.

Bitton (Fieldgrove House)

Blackheath, Kent (Holland House Academy) *

Blackheath, Kent (Morden College) - "notice to candidates for admission" & illustration *#

Blackheath Proprietary School *

Bradford Grammar School *

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Brecon (Christ's College) *

Brentford End, Middlesex (Wyke House) *#

Brentwood, Essex (Sir Anthony Browne's school)

Brentwood Grammar School regulations

Bridgnorth

Brighton College

Brighton - Preparatory School and Preparatory Academy "for Young Gentlemen" #

Brighton School for Girls

Brighton Training School for Young Children - Prospectus and School Report dated July

1918 #

Bristol (Miss Wrighten's terms of education for young ladies)

Bristol (Park Street Boarding School)

Bromley, Kent (County School for Girls)

Brompton, Kent (Academy)

Brunswick House *

Bungay, Suffolk (Mr. C.P. Jonas' school)

For Burford, Oxon (Grammar School) see Witney (box 8)

Cambridge (The Perse School) - prospectus and new buildings appeal *#

Cannock School

Canterbury (King's School) - "Formal opening of the new buildings, 5th October 1929"

Charmouth, Dorset

Charlton, Kent

Cheam, Surrey - regulations

Chelmsford

Cheltenham (new proprietary college) *

Cheltenham (Ham House boarding school) *

Clapham, Surrey (German & French Protestant college) #

Colchester (C of E schools)

Compton, Dorset

Coventry (High School prospectus, 1878)

Cranley, nr. Guildford (Surrey county school) *

Croydon

Denstone College, Staffs. - prospectus & five large illustrations *#

Deptford Commercial and Naval Academy

Derwentwater (Keswick school)

Devon County School

Dover (Cliff-House School) *

Dover (Marine House) *

Dulwich College - three illustrations & 7 reports dated 1903/4/7/8 *#

Dunchurch, Warws.

Durnford, Dorset

Box 2

East Horndon - Hull

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East Horndon, Essex

Eastbourne (formerly at East Sheen)

Eastbourne (Stanley House)

Eaton Socon, Hunts.

Edgbaston, Birmingham (High School for girls & preparatory school for boys) #

Edinburgh (Merchant Company schools) #

Edinburgh (Institution for Classical &c. Education, Scottish Inst. for Young Ladies &

Ladies' Establishment) #

Edinburgh High School - new buildings (town council address of 28 Jul. 1825 & article

from The Mirror from 17 Dec. 1825) #

Edinburgh (university, 20 Aug. 1812)

Edinburgh (St. Margaret's, 10th June 1834) *

Eltham, Kent

Ely (King's School, Christmas Examination 1890)

Essex (Whalebone House Academy)

Eton - illustrations; cartoon from Funny Folks, 1879; lists at election time, 1796/8; articles

from Strand, 1896 and Country Life, 1953; book review of Dr. Balstan at Eton from The

Observer, Mar. 1952; Montem Ode, 1820 & 1826; Eton-Dorney project; O.E.A. reports;

Old Etonian Trust; Eton war memorial bursaries; white ticket. *#

Exeter (private teacher)

Fairfield, Lancs. - committees of management, 1889-91 #

Farnham, Surrey (Frensham Heights)

Felsted Grammar - sch. report

Gerrard's Cross, Bucks ("Innisfree")

Glasgow Dowanhill (Ayrtown House)

Great Yarmouth (Southtown Academy) *#

Guildford Grammar School *

Guildford (Mount House Prep. School) *

Harpenden *

Harrow - illustrations; "Duties & Privileges of Monitors"; "Songs &c"; Saturday Magazine

cover; interview with head in Strand, 1892; war memorial, 1921; school programme, July

1926; prospectus, Oct. 1921; account, 1857; school reports, 1916-21; leaving scholarships*#

Hayes, Middlesex (Belle House) *

Heath, Yorks. (Academy account, 1750)

Heston House, Middx. *#

Higher Broughton School *

Hillingdon (Evelyn's)

Holt, Norfolk (Free Grammar) - front cover from The Mirror, Aug. 27 1825 *#

Homertown (the Old Academy) *

Honiton, Devon (Allhallow's School)

Huddersfield College *

Hull (Kinston College) *

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Box 3

Ipswich - Loughborough

Ipswich (Queen Elizabeth's Grammar) *

Ipswich Preparatory School

Ipswich (The Park House School)

Isle of Man (King William's College - 1668) #

Jersey (Victoria College)

Jersey (Commercial & Mathematical Academy)

Kelso Grammar School

Kenilworth, Warws.

Kentish-Town, Middlesex

Ketley

Kew (Albion School - 1819)

Kingston-on-Thames (Tiffins' School for Boys) #

Knowsley Boys' School

Lady Owen's

Lancaster (Royal Grammar School) #

Lapford, Devon (Collegiate School)

Leeds

Leeds Classical & Commercial Academy *

Leicester (Mrs Sinwood's school)

Leicester (Girls' Collegiate School, Kindergarten & Transition Class) *#

Letchworth, Herts. (St. Christopher School) - Prospectus; form of application; list of

clothing, December 1926; school magazines from spring & autumn 1973, spring & summer

1975. *#

Larkbeare, Exeter

Lewes Grammar School #

Lincoln School - annual report

Liverpool College - report of "prize delivery", 1863/73/84; prospectus, May 1890 -this

document lists W.E. Gladstone as one of the school's Vice Presidents #

Liverpool, Everton (St. Edward's College)

Livingstone, Mid-Calder

Llandovery College (Thomas Phillips Foundation) *#

Llanthony, Monms. (Capel-Y-Ffin Boarding School for girls) - , prospectus dated 1937;

illustration by/printed by Eric Gill, other prospectus' to be found in "Eric Gill, various" box*

Loughborough, Leics. - inventory & letter

Box 4

London [A-C]

London (anonymous tutor offering private tuition)

Battersea Grammar (Wandsworth Common & later Streatham, later prospectus dated

1937)*#

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Battersea (Mr Beilby's Academy) *#

Bayswater (Devonshire College for Young Ladies)

Bayswater (Vernon House, Mrs W.H. Smythe)

Belgravia (Model Academy)

Belgravia (Mr. Auguste Mandrou, "family lessons for young ladies", South Belgravia)

For Burlington School see Shepherd's Bush

Camberwell (Camberwell Collegiate School & St. Olave's school - front cover of The

Mirror of Jan. 30th 1836, illustrating "new schools") *#

Camden Town (Pestalozzian Preparatory School)

Chancery Lane (Central College of Clark's Colleges, undated/c. 1940) *

Charterhouse School - calendar, May-July 1931; opening of "new schools of St. Thomas

Charterhouse"; colour postcards; the Charterhouse Bill with plan of school grounds attached;

programme for "The Masque of Charterhouse", 1929; illustration; tercentenary year booklet;

Dec. 12th 1911, Upper School Examinations, 1839; Founder's Day booklet, undated *#

Christ's Hospital - opening of new hall, 29 May 1829; illustration & colour postcards; article

from Chambers'Journal, June 1891; "Rules and Regulations of the Amicable Society of

Blues) *#

Crystal Palace School of Art, Science and Literature

City of London [Grammar] School - establishment, centenary dinner, reception & report,

April/July/Dec. 1937 *#

Colfe's Grammar School (opening, 26 Nov 1964)

Box 5

London [E-W]

Euston Square (Miss MacDougall's establishment for young ladies)

Gower Street (University College School) - school magazine, March 1869

Great Ealing (Mr. G.M. Gilbert's private school) *

Great Ealing (The Rev. W. Fletcher gives private education)

Gunnersbury (Arlington Park College "for the daughters of gentlemen")

Hackney (Lady Eleanor Holles school/Cripplegate Schools Foundation) - Jubilee souvenir,

1878-1928.

Hackney (Albion Day & Boarding Academy)

Hackney Church of England School

Hackney Road (Mrs. Combe's Preparatory School)

Holborn (J. Maddux gives lessons at the Golden Hand & Pen)

Holland Park Avenue (Linton House [Preparatory] School) c.1930s?? *#

Honor Oak Park (Milburn House School) *

Horncourt (young ladies taught)

Hornsey Grammar School (local press notices of annual entertainment & scholarship &

prize distribution)

Hornsey Lane (Treverbyn, "School for the daughters of gentlemen & kindergarten")

Hounslow (London International College) *

Hoxton (B. Rosselloty's French Academy)

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Hyde Park (Craven Hill House "School for the Daughters of Gentlemen)

Islington (Vicarage House Boarding School for young ladies)

Islington (Mrs. Cahusac's Ladies' Boarding School)

Kennington Road (Mrs Griffin's Day School for young ladies)

Kensington (Mrs. Masquerier's Boarding School)

King's College - card & cover of Saturday Magazine, 1833 *#

Leicester Square (Tenison's Grammar School)

Merchant Taylor's - Illustration & article from Illustrated London News, Oct 1862 *#

Mile End (St. Peter's Commercial School)

Mill Hill school - "regulation list of clothes, etc.", "exhibitions for the sons of Christian

ministers", admission particulars, & two unfilled school reports (c.1880s/undated) *#

Oxford Street (educational classes for young ladies)

Portland Place (L.R. Dupont's private tuition)

Shepherd's Bush (Burlington School) - 250th Anniversary (c.1975?) *

Soho Square (Mr. Nicholson's Scientific & Classical School)

Soho Square (Rev. W. Barrow's Academy)

Southall (R.F. Heath's Academy)

Stepney Proprietory Grammar School (in union with King's College) *

St. Paul's School #

Streatham Academy

for Tower Street see Horncourt

Upper Hornsey Rise (The High School)

West Brompton (West of London College for young ladies)

Westminster School - "tossing the pancake" from The Illustrated London News, March

1859*

Westminster (Mrs. W. Sheil's morning class for boys under ten)

Winchmore Hill (Prospect House Academy)

Winchmore Hill (Woodland Cottage Boarding School) *

Box 6

Maidenhead - Oxfordshire Education Committee

Maidenhead, Berks. (Classical, mathematical & Chemical School) *

Maldon, Essex (Langford Grove)

Malvern College, Worcs. (illustrations, rules book, prospectus) *#

Manchester Academy #

Manchester Grammar #

Manchester (Blue Coat Hospital & Chetham Public Library)

Marlborough - sermon preached at the opening of school "for the sons of clergy & others",

1843

Newark (The Magnus [Grammar] School) - proposed new buildings, 1903

Newbury (Mr. Allen's Commercial & Classical Academy) *

Newcastle upon Tyne (Mr Thomas Smith's terms for board & education of young ladies)

Newcastle (Rev. R. Smith's Classical & Commercial Academy)

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New Shoreham (S. Nicholas College Grammar School)

Northleach Grammar School, Gloucs.

Norwich (R. Barlow, teacher of writing, arithmetic & drawing) *

Norwich (Mr. Farnell's Collegiate School) *

Norwich Free School *

Nottingham ("the gentleman's diary or mathematical repository...")

Ottery-St. Mary (Mr. H. Newbury's Academy)

Oxford (Blue Coat School) - Reprint from Oxford Chronicle of Nov. 12 1881, letter from

Henry Hughes (1885), prospectus', accounts & lists of subscribers (1881) #

Oxford (Christ Church Cathedral School)

Oxford (Preparatory School/Dragon School) - list of items, meeting regarding fundraising

for new buildings, production of Hamlet, Jan. 23rd 1926, jubilee (1927)

Oxford (City of Oxford School) - prospectus, advertisments for general meetings of the

governing body (both 1930), mobile printing unit at The Times demonstration, May 1956 *#

Oxford High School - prospectus' 1890?/94, declaration form from Girls Public Day School

Co. Ltd.

Oxford High School for Boys, scheme & deed of trust etc., 1878

Oxford Infant School

Oxford (St. Edward's) - Advertisment for the N.S.P.C.C. Garden Market (1st July?),

prospectus, school chronicle (1941), review of 1873-1933 *#

Oxford (St. John's School)

Oxford (Kindergarten & Preparatory School, Philip's & James' Parish Institute)

Oxford (Gloucester Green, Central School for Boys)

Oxford School - Science Exhibition (1972)

Oxford (Magdalen College School) - prospectus', Christmas 1863, school register (1877) *#

Oxfordshire Education Committee - regulations for County scholarships etc., 1939; Henley

Grammar School prospectus, 1935.

Box 7

Penhurst - Sutton Court

Penhurst, Kent

Petersfields, Hants. (Bedales School) - prospectus, 1928/35; newspaper article -"Bedales 60

Years On" *#

Ramsgate, Kent (Chatham House Academy) - 1810 *

Redland, Bristol (Mr. Guy's Literary & Commercial Seminary)

Repton Preparatory School, Burton-on-Trent - prosp.; school speeches; billheading; list of

prizes, 1874. *#

Richmond Hill, Surrey

Rocester, Derbs. (Abbotshome School) *#

Rochester Cathedral School - two copies of a maths question paper of 1860

Rochester (Miss Brooks' Boarding School for young ladies)

Rochester (St. Nicholas') - concluding Statement of Accounts (& list of subscribers) of the

Committee superintending the erection of new schools - April 30th 1849

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Rodean School *

Roehampton, Surrey (private education, Rev, Dr. Biber)

Rossall School, Lancs. - rules for discipline, 1867

Rugby - illustrations, incl. one from Gentleman's Magazine of March 1809; newspaper

article "Great Schools of England, No. IX"; copy of satirical print featuring George V and

Queen Mary, depicting the severely overcrowded school as "packed like a tin of sardines",

July 1909 *#

Runcorn, Ches.

Rutland (Oakham School) - prospectus printed at Oxford University Press by John Johnson

Saffron Walden (Friends' School) - 1960 building appeal

Salisbury (City Grammar School)

Seaton, Devon (Seaside School for Girls)

Shefford, Beds. (Lampton Academy for Young Gentlemen) #

Sherborne - illustrations & Old Shiburnian Society Seventy-Seventh Annual Report, Sept.

1973 *#

Sherboro' House *

Shipley, Yorks (The Salt Schools) - 1882

Shoreham (Lancing College) *#

Shrewsbury (Henry and Sarah Morris) #

Shrewsbury Grammar School *

Shrewsbury - The Schools, Shrewsbury, programme, July 1877

Stamford, Lincs - fete programme, to mark the gift of a swimming pool, July 21st 1956 *

Stackallan, Ireland (College of St. Colombia)

St. Bees, Cumberland (Account of the Grammar School

St. David's College *

St. Leonards-On-Sea (Mr. E.L. Hawkins)

Staplehurst (Matfield Grange)

Stockbridge, Hants. (Queenwood College) *

Stockwell Grammar School - an address delivered at the opening of the school, 1833

Stoke Poges, Bucks. - "Mr. E.H. Parry...& mr. R.V. Barker Mill. are moving their

Preparatory

School in April 1913...to Seaford Sussex"

Stone, Bucks. (Vicarage House, nr. Aylesbury)

Stowe School, Bucks.

Stratford, Essex (Rokeby House)

Stratford-Upon-Avon (Grammar School of King Edward the Sixth) *

Stroud, Gloucs. (Melrose Academy) *

Surry (Mr. Buchanan at Loughborough House)

Sutton Court (McTappenden)

Box 8

Taunton - Yarmouth, Miscellaneous Items & Foreign Schools

Taunton College School

Tenbury, Worcs. (St. Michael's College)

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Theobalds, Herts.

Tiverton, Devon (Blundell's Free School) *#

Tonbridge School #

Torquay Preparatory Academy

Tottenham, Middx. (Lock's Preparatory Boarding School) #

Totnes (Darlington School) - 1926

Totteridge Park Schools, Herts - illustrations & speech days, 1854/56 *#

Tunbridge Free Grammar School, Kent *#

Tunbridge Wells (The Skinner' School) *

Upper Edmonton, Middx. (College House Boarding School) *

Wallasey, Ches. (Claremont High School)

Wallasey, Ches. (School for Girls)

Wallingford, Berks. (Ladies Boarding School)

Walworth Common, Surrey

Warwick School - speech day, Oct. 1902

Waterford School - certificate for exemplary conduct, Dec. 1856

Watford (Mr. W.H. Wright) #

Wellington College *#

Weston-Super-Mare (Miss Greenwood)

West Wratting Park, Cambs. (Rev. H.W. Williams & Mr. W.N. Cobbald) #

Willington (The Stephenson Schools) *

Wimbledon (South Wimbledon Technical School for Girls) - 1899

Wimbledon (The Misses Cooper Preparatory Establishment)

Wimbledon (Trinity College)

Wimbledon (Newnham House School for Girls/Kindergarten)

Wimbledon (Middle Class School for Young Ladies)

Wimbledon (Charles D. Olive)

Wimbledon Parochial Schools

Winchester (Clayesmore School)

Winchester College - Medal Speaking 1761 to 1815; lines written on the 450th anniversary

of opening (March 1843); "a piece of antiquity" on wall adjacent to kitchen; Commoners c.

1903, Henry Moody Information for Hampshire Folk Part II: Winchester College As It Is

and As It Ought To Be; billheadings, 1836-7; South East view of the Commoners Court,

engraved on stone, Sept. 6th 1838; Development Appeal (c. 1975-80). *#

Winton (St. Mary's College) *

Witley, Godlaming (King Edward's School) *

Witney, Oxon (Grammar School, together with Burford Grammar School) *

Wiveliscombe School for Young Ladies, Somerset

Wolverhampton Technical High School - sports day programmes, May 1859/60/61/62;

speech day programmes 1957/59/60 #

Worcester (Albion House)

Worcester Cathedral Grammar School #

Worcester (Mrs. Sherwood)

Wye College *

Yarmouth (Ormesby Commercial, Naval & Classical Academy)

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Unidentified or Miscellaneous Items

Convent of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - programme for the annual distribution of prizes *

Grove House Academy - Christmas presentation of awards, 1847

St. Peter's Court (York?) - School Notes, summer 1960

Unidentified school prospectus

Foreign Schools:

North America

Newfoundland - report of the Herefordshire Association for the Promotion of Education of

the Poor in the Island of Newfoundland & British North America

New York Central College - pamphlet; "education of the coloured people in America"

New York/Philadelphia - Letter from William Smith & James Jay dated 9th Sept. 1762,

regarding collections for colleges established in New York & Philadelphia

Belgium

Bruges (Couvent des Dames Anglaises) - terms for education

France

"Establishment Anglais sous la direction de M. Melville"

Bordeaux - letter from a M. Guilhe, describing the setting up of a business school,

specialising in commercial accountancy, commercial theory, book-keeping etc.

Versailles - Lycee Imperial

Germany

Leyden (Dr. C.Leemans, Director of the Museum of Antiquities) - offers to "superintend the

education of young gentlemen" #

Neuwied (Moravian School for Young Ladies)

[pre-unification] Saxony (Establishment for Young Ladies)

Iceland

Reykjavik (High School for Girls in Iceland) - appeal for funds from Mrs. Sigridr E.

Magnusson, "an Icelandic lady who has long lived in England" & Charlotte Sturge in

Clifton, Jan. 18 1890.

Nova Scotia

Windsor (King's College) - Appeal to prevent closure

Tasmania

Christ's College - Dec. 1848; Latin exam paper & class list

Ross (Horton College)

Switzerland

Serrieres, Neuchatel (Chateau de Beauregard) - c. 1909

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Box 8* and 8**

Books, Bookjackets and the Old Neuenheimers' Society

These boxes contain books, articles from magazines & other more substantial ephemera

separated from the other boxes. There are also separate sections devoted to the Old

Neuenheimers' Society & bookjackets, in Box 8**.

Box 8*

Books etc.

In alphabetical order of town, school or organisation

Charterhouse - issue of The Carthusian, Vol. XV. No. 12, July 1931; The School of Scandal,

June 1831.

Chelmsford - Translations of the original grant of King Edward VI in 1552, for the

foundation of a free grammar school in Chelmsford (Chelmsford, 1806)

Department of Education and Science List of Independent Schools in England and Wales:

recognised as efficient under rules 16 - list 70 (1968) (London, HMSO, 1968)

Eton - extract from Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal Vol. CXIII (January 1861...April

"Eton College", by E.S. Creasy; [part two, "Public School Education" by Sir John J.

Coleridge is missing] and [separately bound] William Johnson "Eton Reform" (Longman,

Green, Longman & Roberts, Edinburgh and London, 1861).

Eton - Photographic Views of Eton College (Galer Polden Ltd., London [undated])

Eton & Harrow -extract from Strand, X, 1895, "Great Names at Eton & Harrow" [2 copies]

Hertfordshire County Council Education Committee Schools Address Book - September

1970 (Education Department, Hertford, 1970).

Malvern, Worcs. - Rev. S. R. James Malvern College: containing 21 views of the college

and grounds.(Norman May, Malvern [undated])

London, Blackheath - A.E. Martin Harvey Sir John Morden and His College (The Morden

Society, London, 1925)

Rough Notes Towards a Memoir of Sir John Morden, Bart, founder of Morden College,

Blackheath (London, 1853)

Oxford - Retrospect: Being an Appreciation of Fifty Years of "The Old Oxford Citizens'

Society", the Old Boys Club of The City of Oxford High School (For Private Circulation,

Oxford, [undated])

Westminster Shool - A Short Account of the Discipline, Studies, Examinations, Prizes, etc.

of Westminster School (London, 1845)

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Box 8**

Old Neueheimer Ephemera

N.B. This section contains a significant collection of artwork by John Hassall

1. Register of Addresses, March 1897

2. Invitation cards and programmes to Old Neuenheimers' Dinners, some featuring words

and scores to the song "Neuenheim" and those for 1914 featuring artwork by John Hassall

(President of the society, 1907)

For the following:

i) [2nd] - 1892

ii) 4th - 1894 (including the bill on the back!)

iii) 5th - 1897

iv) 9th - 1899

v) 10th - 1900

vi) 17th - 1907

vii) 18th - 1908 (two copies)

viii) 19th - 1909 (two copies)

ix) 20th - 1910 (two copies)

x) 21st - 1911 (three copies)

xi) 22nd - 1912

xii) "Jubilee rally" - 1914 (two copies)

3. Larger posters advertising the annual dinner, all featuring artwork by John Hassall

i) 1901 (two copies) - with slogan "wishing you a jolly good frei"

ii) 1902 (one copy) - "prost'd"

iii) 1904 (two copies) - "ich komme nach"

iv) 1905 (21 copies) - "Ruhe"

v) 1909 (four copies) - "frohliche mahlzeit"

vi) 1910 (19 copies) - "food, song, smoke!"

vii) 1911 (two copies) - "the society keeping in touch..."

viii) 1912 (two copies) - "souvenir..."

4. Circular letter, dated 1906, between the proprietor of Neuenheim College and the

principals of Heidelberg college, regarding land transfer.

5. Postcard sized Hassall print, featuring elderly(?) African man with stick, autographed by

the artist.

Bookjackets

Books listed with their Bodley shelfmarks

1. [from Brackley, Northants], Eric G. Forrester A History of Magdalen College School,

Brackley, Northamptonshire, 1548 - 1949 (Hillier & sons, Buckingham, 1950)

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G. A. Northants. 8o 119.

2. [from Eton], L. Moholy-Nagy Portrait of Eton, photographs by l. Moholy-Nagy with an

introduction by by Bernard Fergusson (London, 1949)

G. A. Bucks. 4o 76 .

Boxes 9 -52

Ephemera relating to various other aspects of education, but not arranged according to

specific schools

Box 9

Schools Miscellaneous

School report cards

School accounts, receipts and bill headings

School rules and regulations

Clothes lists: Heddon Court School (2 copies)

Examination papers (unidentified origin)

Box 10

Charity Schools

Ragged Schools: Schools provided for impoverished and destitute children, funded through

the collection of rags, bones, scrap metal and other items of marketable use.

Charity Schools

Dames Schools

Sermon meetings for and at charity schools

Box 11

Charity Schools

Sunday Schools (see also Colour Printing Box 13*)

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Box 12

Charity and Voluntary Schools

Lancaster and Bell School Systems

National Schools : Founded by Dr Bell as the Madras System to teach children within the

doctrines of the established Church.

British Schools : Founded by Joseph Lancaster (1814) with the support of Non-Conformist

and Non-Sectarian religious bodies.

Box 13

Schools for the Poor/ Nursery and infant Education:

Schools for the Poor

Established by various societies and professions

Voluntary schools for orphans and needy children

Established by the Society of Friends (Quakers)

Jews Free School for boys and girls (Bell Lane, Spitalfields)

Hospital Schools

Industrial schools

Church schools

Pestalozzi Community Schools see Box 4 (Camden) & Box 50

Nursery and Infant Education

Miscellaneous and illustrations

Froebal Society established 1874 (Kindergartens)

Robert Owen An Address on 1 January 1816

Montessori Schools

Box 14

Elementary Education

Bransby Faiers, William The school regulator or semi-annual register of the study and

conduct of young gentlemen [London; 1823]

Articles

Illustrations

Study aids

Illustrations and Pedley's Northern Poetry Cards

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Curriculum information

Books

Exercise, reward, reading, drawing, spelling etc

Preparatory schools

Foreign

Box 15

Secondary Education

Bills and pamphlets

Trades and careers guidance

Curriculum

Extra-curriculum activities

Examinations

Box 16

Secondary Education (continued)

Miscellaneous: School plays, magazines, Old Boys Associations etc

Illustrations

Grammar Schools: General

Public Schools: General

Box 17

Special Schools

Special Needs: Including Open Air Schools and schools for Delicate Children

Schools for the Blind

Schools for the Deaf

Schools for Stammering

Elocution schools

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Box 18

Further and Higher Education

Colleges of Further Education (modern ephemera)

Box 19

Further and Higher Education

Universities

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Bristol

Cambridge

Box 20

Further and Higher Education

Universities (cont.)

Dublin

Durham

Edinburgh

Galway, Queen College

Glasgow

Box 21

Further and Higher Education

Universities (cont.)

Hull

Leeds

Leicester

Liverpool

Manchester

Open University, Milton Keynes (modern ephemera)

Oxford see Boxes 23 - 25

Reading

Sheffield

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Box 22

Further and Higher Education

Universities (cont.)

St. Andrews (see also Edinburgh)

Stirling

Sussex

University College of Wales: Aberystwyth

University College of Wales: Bangor

University College of Wales: Cardiff

Foreign

Box 23

Further and Higher Education

Oxford University

Examinations

Elections

Prizes

Convocation

Accounts

General notices

Oxford Society

See also Oxford boxes 1 - 12, folders 1 - 5

Box 24

Further and Higher Education

Oxford University (cont.)

Prize essays, poetry and speeches

Box 25

Further and Higher Education

Oxford University (cont.)

Colleges miscellaneous

University miscellaneous

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Box 26

Further and Higher Education

Lectures by subject

Art

Anatomy

Astronomy (inc. index of material relating to theatre-sized astronomical models in the UK)

Astrology

Chemistry

Divinity

Free Thought

History and Economics

Law

Literature

Box 27

Further and Higher Education (cont.)

Lectures by subject (cont.)

Medicine

Music

Pharmacy

Religion

Sermons

Science: General

Voyages and discoveries

Miscellaneous

Box 28

Further and Higher Education (cont.)

London University

Box 29

L.S.E.

Miscellaneous Students’ Ephemera (Societies, Travel, Insurance, etc.)

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Box 30

University Extension

Box 31

Adult Education

Toynbee Hall

University Settlements

Particular Settlements

Settlements, general

International Association for the Advancement of Arts, Science and Education

Other similar associations

Box 32

Vocational Colleges, by subject

A-C

Box 33

Vocational Colleges, by subject

D-L

Box 34

Vocational Colleges, by subject

M-S

Box 35

Technical Education

National Association for the Promotion of Technical Education

Technical Education Board London

Ploytechnic and Technical Schools and Institutions

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Box 36

Adult Education Institutions

Literary Institutions

Literary & Scientific Institutions

Literary & Philosophical Institutions

Educational Institutes

Box 37

Adult Education Institutions (cont.)

The Royal Institution, London

London Institution

Shrewsbury Institution

Owestry Institution

Beaumont Institution

Imperial Institute

Surrey Institution

Oxford Institute

Other

Box 38

Adult Education

Labour Colleges

Working Men’s Colleges

Co-operative Colleges

Box 39

Adult Education

Mechanics’ Institutes

Box 40

Adult Education

Education for Working Men and Women

Working Men’s Clubs

Athenaeums

Peoples Palaces

Penny Readings, Miscellaneous Lectures, Soirees and other Entertainments

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Box 41

Adult Education

Sunday Lecture Society

Young Men’s Societies

Y.M.C.A.

Debating Societies

Ethical Societies

Other

Box 42

Adult Education

Adult Schools

W.E.A.

Seafarers’ Educational Service

Adult Education, general

Box 43

Adult Education

Correspondence Schools

Evening Classes

Box 44

Adult Education

Weekend Courses

Summer Schools, etc.

Box 45

The Teaching Profession

Teacher Training

Probationary Year

Teachers’ Testimonials

Application forms for Teaching Posts

Exchange of Teachers, including V.S.O.

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Educational Agents for Teachers and Governesses

Teaching Methods

See also Box 49: Teaching aids

Moral Training in schools

Box 46

The Teaching Profession

Teachers’ Salaries and Superannuation

Conferences, Notices, etc for Teachers

Bills and Leaflets

Prospectuses for Teaching with the Local Education Authority

Parents and Teachers

School Discipline

Teachers, Headmasters, School Inspectors, Governesses

Box 47

The Teaching Profession

Teachers’ Unions and Associations

Box 48

Female Education

Illustrations

Education for Working Women

History of Female Education

Classes for Women

Women’s Colleges

Female Education Associations

Box 49

School Buildings and Equipment, etc.

School Buildings & Furniture

Other School Equipment

Radio/TV and Education

Audio Visual Aids

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Other Teaching Aids and services

Box 50

Sociological

Welfare of School Children

Community Activities

Community Schools and Colleges

See also Special Schools

Schools in Wartime

Social Reformers

The Study of Sociology

Social Service Journals

Miscellaneous

Box 51

School Boards and their Policies

School Board Elections

Board Schools verses Voluntary Schools

Proposal for Secular education

Education policies of the School Boards

Schools Board elections

Box 52

Education bills and policies

National Education Emergency Committee (against proposal for 1902 Act)

1902 Education Act

1902 to 1944

1944 Education Act

1967 Plowden Report

Miscellaneous: Milton, John An essay on education [London; 1751]

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Folders Index

Folder I

School wall charts

Folder II

Educational policies

School systems etc.

School boards

Schools

Folder III

Relating to higher and further education

Folder IV

Illustrations

Miscellaneous

Folder V

Engraved writing blanks

See also:

Alphabets

Exercise Books

Religious Tracts

Chapbooks and Children’s Books (children’s books now catalogued on OLIS)

Certificates

Bookplates: Praemia

Christs’ Hospital Song Sheets

Mechanics’ Institutes Entertainments

Societies

Entertainment (for lectures, meetings etc)

School Prospectuses (post 1930)